From ad28757eef268e609677d0e3d8c0bdadde52a711 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Greear Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:23:01 -0700 Subject: mac80211: allow creating wiphy devices with suggested name Support creating wiphy devices with an optional name. This will be used by hwsim to have better automated control over virtual radio creation/deletion. Signed-off-by: Ben Greear Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- include/net/mac80211.h | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/net') diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index 2b7426a..bb50e8b 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -3063,7 +3063,7 @@ struct ieee80211_ops { }; /** - * ieee80211_alloc_hw - Allocate a new hardware device + * ieee80211_alloc_hw_nm - Allocate a new hardware device * * This must be called once for each hardware device. The returned pointer * must be used to refer to this device when calling other functions. @@ -3073,11 +3073,35 @@ struct ieee80211_ops { * * @priv_data_len: length of private data * @ops: callbacks for this device + * @requested_name: Requested name for this device. + * NULL is valid value, and means use the default naming (phy%d) * * Return: A pointer to the new hardware device, or %NULL on error. */ +struct ieee80211_hw *ieee80211_alloc_hw_nm(size_t priv_data_len, + const struct ieee80211_ops *ops, + const char *requested_name); + +/** + * ieee80211_alloc_hw - Allocate a new hardware device + * + * This must be called once for each hardware device. The returned pointer + * must be used to refer to this device when calling other functions. + * mac80211 allocates a private data area for the driver pointed to by + * @priv in &struct ieee80211_hw, the size of this area is given as + * @priv_data_len. + * + * @priv_data_len: length of private data + * @ops: callbacks for this device + * + * Return: A pointer to the new hardware device, or %NULL on error. + */ +static inline struct ieee80211_hw *ieee80211_alloc_hw(size_t priv_data_len, - const struct ieee80211_ops *ops); + const struct ieee80211_ops *ops) +{ + return ieee80211_alloc_hw_nm(priv_data_len, ops, NULL); +} /** * ieee80211_register_hw - Register hardware device -- cgit v1.1